++The Palestinian Authority joins the International Criminal Court tomorrow.
++They claim they will be bringing to the court complaints about the last Gaza war and the Israeli settlements on the West Bank.
++It should be pointed out that as a "state" entity ,Palestine can also be investigated for crimes against humanity.
++The Iranian Nuclear deal is hung up over what lifting sanctions means. The P5+1 ( I sometimes say P4) agree that United Nations sanctions would be "suspended" but the legal framework for the sanctions would remain until the IAEA has confirmed that the Iranian program is purely peaceful.
++On the last item, the IAEA has a list of questions that have not been answered about the program dating back to 2000.
++The German and French Foreign Ministers have threatened to leave the negotiations tomorrow if nothing further has been decided.
++The United States lifted the arms embargo to Egypt, which was instituted because of the Cissi government's flagrant abuse of civil liberties in its crackdown on the Moslem Brotherhood and dissenters.
++The Iraqi militia have flown to Yemen to fight alongside the Houthis.
++Meanwhile the Iraq military has freed half the town of Tikrit from ISIS. This has only taken four weeks.
++President Obama cast his fourth veto--this time against the GOP's change in rules for union elections.
++France's foreign minister asked that the United States not interfere with its resolution on Palestine at the Security Council.
++Arkansas passed the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of their own. So far, there is no outcry because no one wants to go there anyway.
++Today, the Rolling Stones announced they will be playing Indianapolis on July 4th.
++Mormon owned Marriot Hotels blasted Indiana's law.
++The only sporting authority respected by the South--NASCAR weighed in with its denunciation of the law.
++Indiana is trying to dance backwards on this by insisting large corporations aren't affected by this. Oh myyy.
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